Northern Chequered Skipper??

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PeterD
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Northern Chequered Skipper??

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The closest I have come to an ID is as in the title. Can anyone help?

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Martin
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Re: Northern Chequered Skipper??

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Peter,
I think that, not having clubbed antenna it's a moth. The nearest I can find in my book is Speckled Yellow but I'm only 50% on that.

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Re: Northern Chequered Skipper??

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Yep - a Speckled Yellow moth. See http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1652

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Re: Northern Chequered Skipper??

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Thanks Martin/Pete

Looking at the catalogue image supplied by Pete I would say you are both 'spot' on.....oops. :wink:

No wonder I could not find it in the Butterfly catalogue :oops:

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